Keep Away! is a fun activity designed to sensitize children to the danger of fire and to help them develop visual memory skills. The game was created by Fireproof Children, a fire safety organization. Keep Away! is being distributed by BIC Corporation because it is committed to providing fire safety information to parents and children.

The game is recommended for ages 3 and up.

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Note To Parents:
Keep Away! is a fun card game developed by fire safety experts to help children understand that matches and lighters are tools to be used only by grown-ups. Based on extensive research, Keep Away! helps teach an important fire safety lesson without threatening or frightening children. The game also helps children develop visual memory skills.

While using the game, explain to the children that matches and lighters are useful tools, but they are meant to be used by adults only. Remind the children that they must always keep away from these and any other tools made for grown-ups. And please, don't forget to keep matches and lighters safely out of childrens' reach!

Game Instructions:
The deck consists of 34 cards. A total of 30 cards represent objects that children play with or use. The other four cards show pictures of matches and lighters - tools for adults which children should never play with or use. In each game, only 18 cards at a time are present on the screen - watch out for the match or lighter cards!

System Requirements

This game requires that you have the latest version of the Shockwave Player browser plug-in from Macromedia.

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The game must be run at a minimum screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Consult your computer documentation for instructions on changing your screen resolution if necessary.

Platform Compatibility

Windows: Shockwave 7 Player requires Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 and later. Macintosh: Shockwave 7 Player requires a Power Macintosh (includes iMacs) running System 7.6.1 or later.

Browser Compatibility

Windows: Navigator 3.0 and later, Internet Explorer 3.0 and later (final releases only), or America Online versions 3.0 and later. Macintosh: Navigator 3.0 and later, Internet Explorer 4.01 and later, or America Online 4.0 (with IE 4.01 and later).